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词汇 bear-baiting
释义

bear-baiting

n. a cruelsport popular in Shakespe-are’s day,in which a bear was tied to a stake and dogswere set to worry it(伊利莎白时代流行的)斗熊(耍熊)游戏。
△Tw.1.3.99(92):“Iwould I had bestowed thatin the tongues/that(i.e.which) I have in fencing,dancing,and bear-baiting.”我真想把我花在击剑、跳舞和耍熊上面的时间用在语言上。
△Tw.2.5.8(7):“You know hebrought me out o’favour with my lady about a bear-baiting here.”(Malvolio’s disapproval of bear-baitingis a Puritan trait.)你知道为了有一次在这里斗熊,他使我失去了小姐的欢心。(按:马伏里奥反对斗熊——这是清教徒的特点之一。)

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